“It’s a time where the whole city, families, communities come out, we celebrate the great diversity that is such a strength of our country,” Trudeau said.

“We celebrate community, we celebrate family and all these things together. It means we’re going to have a great pride and it’s a pleasure for me to be here.”

The PM marched in the parade in 2014 and 2015 as leader of the Liberal party, but his participation in Sunday’s event follows the milestone he set in July when he became the first sitting prime minister to march in Toronto’s Pride parade — the country’s largest.